brew

Meanings

Plural: brews

Noun

drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
A serving of beer.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
A cup of tea.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
An overhanging hill or cliff.

Verb

prepare by brewing
- "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
- "the tea is brewing"
To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
To boil or seethe; to cook.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn.
Cognate with
Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.

Synonyms

brewage, brewski, contrive, hatch, plot

Scrabble Score: 9

brew is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
brew is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brew is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

brew is a valid Words With Friends word